Variant Scholarship: Ancient Texts in Modern Contexts Brodie Neil
Since the eighteenth century, many if not most ancient and medieval manuscripts or other text-bearing or associated objects have been procured through imperial expropriation or through the antiquities…
Specifikacia Variant Scholarship: Ancient Texts in Modern Contexts Brodie Neil
Since the eighteenth century, many if not most ancient and medieval manuscripts or other text-bearing or associated objects have been procured through imperial expropriation or through the antiquities market with little or no evidence of findspot or place of original deposition and with no assurance of legal provenance or authenticity. The consequences of these questionable acquisition practices for scholarship and for our understanding of the past are the focus of much enquiry.Recent high-profile acquisitions (and subsequent returns) of text-bearing objects by prominent private collectors and museums and the appearance on the market of demonstrably modern forgeries have resulted in increased scrutiny of the intellectual and commercial impacts of academic engagement. Scholarly research can abet the antiquities market directly or indirectly through identification,
Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts
Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts
Ancient Egyptian Wisdom Texts
Ancient Egyptians Grant Neil
Contexts in Translating
Ancient And Modern
Tenkara - Ancient and Modern.
Modern Wisdom, Ancient Roots